The Meeting-Place of Geology and History

by Sir John William Dawson

INDEX

[[A]] [[B]] [[C]] [[D]] [[E]] [[F]] [[G]] [[H]] [[I]] [[J]] [[K]] [[L]]
[[M]] [[N]] [[O]] [[P]] [[Q]] [[R]] [[S]] [[T]] [[W]] [[Z]]

A
Adam, description of, [64]
Adon, the name, [180]
Akkadian kingdom, foundation of, [108]
Alphabets, early, [108]
Amunoph III., [177]
Amunoph IV., [177]
Anakim, the, [65]
Animals, remains of, [23], [30], [38], [43], [45], [46], [48], [50], [74], [96], [98]
Antediluvians, identification of, [125]
Anthropic age, definition of, [17];
events of, [39]
Anthropology, [16]
Archæan age, the, [19]
Ark, the, description of, [135]
Arrow-headed characters, use of, [108]
Artemis, [160]
Aten, worship of, [177]
Atlantis, fable of, [156]
Auriferous gravel, finds in, [34]
B
Bears, cave, [46]
Beni Elohim, [132]
Beni ha Adam, [132]
Bones, human, gnawed, [47]
Boule, on deposits at Schweizersbild, [87]
Britain, early inhabitants of, [103]
Broca, on skulls, [61]
Burials, discoveries of, [56]
C
Cain, the race of, [131]
Canaan, migration of, [193]
Canstadt race, the, [51], [80];
age of, [70];
condition of, [75];
interments of, [77];
skulls of, [81]
Carthaillac on palanthropic age, [70];
on the mortuary customs of, [77]
Carving, specimens of, [49]
Castelnedolo, skeleton at, [29]
Cave dwellers, [48];
their food, [49]
Caverns, various, [42]
Celtæ, the, description of, [104]
Cenozoic age, the, [20];
changes of, [24];
events of, [39];
relations of, [84]
Chaldean version of the Deluge, [137];
creation tablets, [107];
Genesis quoted, [113]
Cheth, children of, [167]
Chipped Stone age, the, [69]
Chronometers, geological, [89]
Civilisation, early postdiluvian, [118]
Clichy skull, the, [60]
Climate of the pliocene, [25];
of the eocene, [27];
changes of, [35], [36];
of the post-glacial age, [36];
of the palanthropic age, [38], [40], [171]
Creation, the, order of, in Genesis, [106], [112], [114];
Chaldean account of, [112]
Cresswell caves, description of, [95]
Cro-magnon cave, the, [51]
Cro-magnon race, the, [51];
skeletons of, [53];
skulls of, [61], [81];
age of, [70];
condition of, [75];
appearance of, [76];
belief of, [76];
interments of, [77]
Curse, the, [120]
Cushite kingdom, foundation of, [108]
Cushite migration, the, [192]
D
Dawkins on palæolithic and neolithic periods, [93]
Days of creation, the, [14], [18]
Delta, the, age of, [174]
Deluge, the, accounts of, [107];
story of, [121];
Lenormant on, [123];
conclusions as to, [126];
prevalence of story of, [127];
physical aspects of, [135];
Chaldean version of, [136];
history of, [137];
was it miraculous? 140;
was it universal? 147, [151]
Diana, [160]
Dispersion of man, the, [108]
Druses, the, [198]
Dupont on cave of Goyet, [46];
on primitive man, [73];
on plain dwellers, [74];
on Frontal caves, [98]
E
Earth, the stages of its history, [15], [18];
age of, [18]
Eber, children of, [179]
Eden, site of, [114]
Edwards, Miss, criticism of, [171]
Egypt, history of, [168];
first colonists of, [174]
Elephant in Europe, the, [38]
Elevation of land in post-glacial age, [36]
Elohim, use of the name, [112]
Embalming, early practice of, [78]
Engis skull, the, [60]
Eocene age, the, [23];
changes of, [24]
Eozoic age, the, [19]
Euphrates, the, [114]
Eve, story of, [160]
Evolution of man, the, [22];
vagaries of, [118]
Exodus, the, Pharaoh of, [179]
F
Fall of man, the, [116]
Fauna of palanthropic age, changes of, [86]
Flints, worked, [28]
Food of cave dwellers, [49]
Furfooz caves, description of, [98]
G
Generations of Noah, the, [184]
Genesis, order of creation in, [106]
Geologist, the, method of, [12]
Giants, a race of, [63]
Gibraltar skull, the, [60]
Glacial age, the, [25]
Globe, incandescent, picture of, [18]
Goyet, cave of, description of, [46]
Greenwell on men of Britain, [103]
Grenelle, skull of, [60];
deposit at, [94]
H
Hale on importance of language, [206]
Hamites, migrations of, [188]
Hasisadra, the Chaldean Noah, [118]
Hebrew annals, truth of, [106]
Heth, [167]
Higher criticism, Sayce on, [109]
Historian, the, method of, [12]
Hittites, the, inroad of, [198]
Holmes on worked flints, [31]
Homeric heroes, reality of, [166]
Horus, sons of, [159]
Hyksos, the, [181]
I
Idinu, or Eden, [114]
Ightham, worked flints of, [31]
Interments, discoveries of, [56];
mode of, [77]
Isha, story of, [160]
Ivory, ornaments of, [58];
engraving on, [74]
J
Jahveh, [133]
Japhet, migrations of, [189], [190]
Jebel Assart, flint chips at, [171]
Jehovah Elohim, use of the name, [112], [132]
Jerusalem, ancient state of, [179]
K
Karun, a river of Eden, [114], [116]
Kerkhat, the, [114]
Kheta, or Khatti, [167]
Kneeling posture in interments, [77]
L
Laugerie Basse, cave at, [51];
skeleton at, [58]
Lebanon caves, human remains in, [43], [45];
visit to, [202]
Lenormant on the Deluge, [123];
on the Ark, [136]
Lion, the cave, [46]
Lyell, on Falls of Niagara, [124]
M
Mammals in palanthropic age, species of, [37]
Mammoth age, cave of, [50]
Mammoth, the, in Europe, [38];
extinction of, [74]
Man, date of his appearance, [21], [213];
his earliest remains still human, [22];
antecedents of, [23];
his remains overlaid, [35];
in Europe, [35];
in palanthropic age, [40];
how distinguished, [41];
his remains at Nahr-el-Kelb, [45];
at Goyet, [46];
gnawed bones of, [47];
a cave dweller, [48];
his ornaments, [48], [58];
carving of, [49];
food of, [49];
his physical characters, [51];
his remains at Cro-magnon, [51];
skeleton of, at Mentone, [58];
varieties in skull of, [60];
gigantic size of, [62];
a feebler race, [63];
conditions of, [71];
Dupont on primitive, [73];
unprogressive character of men of mammoth age, [75];
beliefs of, [76];
mortuary customs of palanthropic, [77];
change of, from palæocosmic to neocosmic, [91];
neolithic, [101];
of Britain, [103];
in Eden, [115];
condition of palanthropic, [116];
recency of, [213];
locality of his origin, [216]
Meeting-place of geology and history, [13]
Mentone skeleton, the, [58]
Mesozoic age, the, [19]
Metals, the knowledge of, [118]
Miocene age, the, [23];
changes of, [24];
monkeys of, [27]
Mitanni, [181]
Mizraim, [193]
Monkeys, miocene, [27]
Mortillet on the stone age, [69]
Moses: his knowledge of Divine name, [180]
Mourlon on pleistocene remains, [30]
Musical instruments, invention of, [118]
N
Nahr-el-Kelb, caverns of, [44];
people of, [203]
Neanderthal skull, the, [60]
Neanthropic age, definition of, [17];
events of, [39];
men of, [95]
Nebula, picture of, [18]
Necklace, a shell, [48]
Neocosmic age, appearance of, men of, [91], [102]
Neolithic age, men of, [101]
Niagara, Lyell's use of, [124]
Nile valley, limestones of, [168], [201];
appearance of, [174]
Nimrod, kingdom of, [190]
Noah, story of, [121]
Nuesch on deposits at Schweizersbild, [87]
O
Old man of Cro-magnon, [53];
supposed history of, [65]
Ornaments, remains of, [48], [58]
P
Palæolithic implements, discoveries of, [31]
Palæozoic age, the, [19]
Palanthropic age, definition of, [17];
number of species of mammals in, [37];
climate of, [38];
land of, [40];
caves of, [46];
animals of, [50];
man of, [51];
conditions of, [69];
divisions of, [70];
tragic end of, [85];
changes in fauna of, [80];
subsidence of, [88]
Palestine, people of, [197];
history of, [201]
Paviland skull, the, [60]
Petrie: his photographic portraits, [180]
Pharaoh of the Exodus, the, [179]
Phœnicians, the, [193]
Pictet on number of species in palanthropic age, [37]
Pinches on Chaldean Genesis, [113]
Plain dwellers, [51];
conditions of, [74]
Pleistocene age, definition of, [17];
history of, [23];
human remains of, [30];
events of, [39]
Pliocene age, [23];
changes of, [24];
human remains of, [29];
events of, [39]
Polished Stone age, the, [69];
men of, [101]
Post-glacial age, [26];
elevation of, [36]
Punites, [193]
Q
Quaternary period, the, [20]
Quatrefages on Castelnedolo skeleton, [29];
on Truchère skull, [84]
R
Ra, worship of, [177]
Recency of man, [213]
Reclus, romance of, [208]
Reindeer age, the, [38], [50]
Rhinoceros in Europe, the, [38]
Rivière on Mentone skeleton, [58], [62]
S
Sayce on the higher criticism, [109]
Scale of earth's history, a, [22]
Schliemann, discoveries of, [166]
Schweizersbild, deposits at, [87]
Semites, migrations, [189]
Seth, the race of, [131]
Shell ornaments, remains of, [48], [58]
Sickle, wooden, [172]
Silures, the, [103]
Skeleton of Castelnedolo, [29];
Mentone, [58];
of Laugerie Basse, [58]
Skull from Val d'Arno, [29];
of Cro-magnon, [53], [82];
of Clichy, Grenelle, Gibraltar, Paviland, Neanderthal, Engis, [60];
of Canstadt, [81];
of Truchère, [83]
Species, number of palanthropic, [37]
Sphinx, the, history of, [176]
Spy, interments at, [56]
Stone ages, the, [69]
Submergence, records of, [148]
Subsidence of palanthropic age, [88];
date of, [90]
T
Tammuz, story of, [161]
Taylor on early men of Britain, [103]
Teeth, human, condition of, [63]
Tel-el-Amarna tablets, [165], [177]
Tigris, the, [114]
Trenton, flints of, [32]
Tristram on cave shelters, [44]
V
Vezère, rock shelters of, [51]
W
Whistle, bone, [116]
Woman of Cro-magnon, [55]
Woolly rhinoceros in Europe, the, [38]
Z
Zittel on number of species of mammals, [37]

Transcriber's Note

All obvious typographical errors were corrected. Minor changes were made to standardize the text to match the most prevalent form used. All original spellings were retained.

The "Nile valley" listing in the Index lists a page 241 which should have been 201.

For those using screen readers, a text version of the chart on [page 211] is reproduced below.

{ Semitic
{ Truchère or Prot-Iberian Race { Turanian
{ { Aryan
Primitive {
Man { Mixed Races, Cro-magnon, &c. }
{ } Submergence
{ Canstadt Race }
{ Sethites { Shem
{ { Ham
Adam { Mixed Races, Nephelim, &c. } Noah { Japhet
{ }
{ Cainites } Deluge